The Men Who Stare at Goats

Bizarre military history: In 1979, a crack commando unit was established by the most gifted minds within the U.S. Army. Defying all known laws of physics and accepted military practice, they believed that a soldier could adopt the cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls, and€"perhaps most chillingly€"kill goats just by staring at them. They were the First Earth Battalion, entrusted with defending America from all known adversaries. And they really weren€t joking. What€s more, they€re back€"and they€re fighting the War on Terror.

An uproarious exploration of American military paranoia: With investigations ranging from the mysterious €œGoat Lab,€ to Uri Geller€s covert psychic work with the CIA, to the increasingly bizarre role played by a succession of U.S. presidents, this might just be the funniest, most unsettling book you will ever read€"if only because it is all true and is still happening today.